Method for sharing home screen

Abstract

A method for sharing a home screen is provided. The method includes determining whether a sharing condition for a shared home screen is satisfied, by an N-screen device supporting an N-screen service; if the sharing condition is satisfied, transmitting, by the N-screen device, a shared home screen set to be shared in the N-screen device, to another N-screen device supporting the N-screen service; and receiving and displaying the transmitted shared home screen, by the other N-screen device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for sharing a home screen, the method comprising:
 determining, by an N-screen device supporting an N-screen service, whether a sharing condition for a shared home screen is satisfied; and   in response to determining that the sharing condition is satisfied, transmitting, by the N-screen device, the shared home screen set to be shared in the N-screen device to another N-screen device supporting the N-screen service for display of the transmitted shared home screen at the other N-screen device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the shared home screen includes content arranged on a home screen and the content includes one or more icons or widgets. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2  further comprising transmitting, by the N-screen device, setting information for access rights to content of the transmitted shared home screen. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2  further comprising transmitting, by the N-screen device, an installation file for the content. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining comprises determining whether the N-screen device and the other N-screen device are located in a same region having a predetermined radius. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the other N-screen device has a screen size and resolution that is larger than that of the N-screen device. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 in response to detecting a request for consuming arbitrary content among the content of the received shared home content, transmitting, by the other N-screen device, request for transmitting data corresponding to the requested content, to the N-screen device. 
 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 transmitting, by the N-screen device, the data corresponding to the requested content to the other N-screen device; and   displaying, by the other N-screen device, the data corresponding to the requested content.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising stopping, by the other N-screen device, displaying the shared home screen being received and displayed if the N-screen device and the other N-screen device are not located in the same region having the predetermined radius. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 determining, by the other N-screen device, whether the sharing condition for the shared home screen is satisfied; and 
 in response to determining that the sharing condition for a shared home screen is satisfied, transmitting, by the other N-screen device, a shared home screen set to the N-screen device to be shared in the other N-screen device. 
 
     
     
         11 . An apparatus for sharing a home screen, the apparatus comprising:
 a controller for an N-screen device supporting an N-screen service, the controller configured to determine whether a sharing condition for a shared home screen is satisfied; and   a communication module configured to, in response to a determination that the sharing condition is satisfied, transmit the shared home screen set to be shared in the N-screen device to another N-screen device supporting the N-screen service for display of the transmitted shared home screen at the other N-screen device.   
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the shared home screen includes content arranged on a home screen and the content includes one or more icons or widgets. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the communication module is configured to transmit setting information for access rights to content of the transmitted shared home screen. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the communication module is configured to transmit an installation file for the content. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein to determine whether the sharing condition for the shared home screen is satisfied, the controller is further configured to determine whether the N-screen device and the other N-screen device are located in a same region having a predetermined radius. 
     
     
         16 . A system for sharing a home screen, the system comprising:
 an N-screen device supporting an N-screen service, the N-screen device configured to determine whether a sharing condition for a shared home screen is satisfied and to, in response to determine that the sharing condition is satisfied, transmit the shared home screen set to be shared in the N-screen device to another N-screen device supporting the N-screen service; and   the other N-screen device configured to receive and display the transmitted shared home screen.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the other N-screen device is configured to, in response to detecting a request for consuming arbitrary content among the content of the received shared home content, transmit a request for transmitting data corresponding to the requested content to the N-screen device. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein:
 the N-screen device is configured to transmit the data corresponding to the requested content to the other N-screen device; and   the other N-screen device is configured to display the data corresponding to the requested content.   
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein:
 to determine whether the sharing condition for the shared home screen is satisfied, the N-screen device is configured to determine whether the N-screen device and the other N-screen device are located in a same region having a predetermined radius; and   the other N-screen device is configured to stop displaying the shared home screen being received and displayed if the N-screen device and the other N-screen device are not located in the same region having the predetermined radius.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the other N-screen device is configured to determine whether the sharing condition for the shared home screen is satisfied and to, in response to determining that the sharing condition for a shared home screen is satisfied, transmit to the N-screen device a shared home screen set to be shared in the other N-screen device.